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DiapDealer · 09-15-2025, 08:00 AM

@kovidgoyal: thanks for the tip (and the roadmap) to use a hardware accelerated qemu Windows VM on Linux. After getting it up and running I was able to compile Qt6.9.2 (including QtWebEngine) in just a little under 4 hours. It just never occurred to me that a VM might be faster at it than a physical multicore Windows machine! With a little experimenting, I may even be able to reduce that time (but I'll take 4 hours over 7-9 any day).

I'm guessing an 8 core i7 has a lot more oomph than an aging 6-core athlon.

09-15-2025, 08:00 AM	#71
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,778 Karma: 206758686 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	@kovidgoyal: thanks for the tip (and the roadmap) to use a hardware accelerated qemu Windows VM on Linux. After getting it up and running I was able to compile Qt6.9.2 (including QtWebEngine) in just a little under 4 hours. It just never occurred to me that a VM might be faster at it than a physical multicore Windows machine! With a little experimenting, I may even be able to reduce that time (but I'll take 4 hours over 7-9 any day). I'm guessing an 8 core i7 has a lot more oomph than an aging 6-core athlon. Last edited by DiapDealer; 09-15-2025 at 08:02 AM.